Christine Abanto ENG4U Mrs Philips March 8, 2018 Wanted: Meaningful Diverse Characters Society is the girl who works at Starbucks who’s too lazy to spell the ethnic names correctly, but dated a Black guy in freshman year for 3 months because she wanted a “Get out of racism card”. Society is that girl in your class who won’t shut up about the political science course she took over the summer, for free. She has an exclusive clique that goes to the newest fusion restaurants for Instagram purposes…
Redclift’s 2005 article, Sustainable Development (1987-2005): An Oxymoron Comes of Age, discusses the inability to develop in a sustainable way. The articles focuses on several different factors, ideas, and discussions that have affected the discourse of sustainable development. One focal point of this article is the Corporate Response to Sustainable Development. Corporations’ have had to deal with a growing public conscious to become more ‘green’ and ecologically friendly. These attempts do…
Gangster films are one of the most popular films today. These films are full of violence, crime, action and a whole lot more. Films in this genre go pretty far back in time. Some of the most popular gangster films were made in the early 1900’s. One of the first ever gangster film made is Musketeers of Pig Alley. This film is black and white with no sound. According to Film Genre Reader II, “we know that whatever happens the gangster always gets his” (Mitchel 206). Having that in mind makes these…
The governor of Florida at the time was Manuel de Cendoya, he had a stone fort built in Saint Augustine, which was ordered by his predecessor Nicolas Ponce de Leon II. After having his men collect coquina, a shell stone that is soft and hardens with air over a period, they were ready to build the fort since there was enough lime waiting at the site. The construction began on October 2, 1672, to build the Castillo de San Marcos (Fort Marion). This fort was designed to be a square shape and was…
there gawking, we'll be there, we're you FRIENDS. Brent joined in and said,"Yes, no matter if our skin colour is different, we must admit you're a great girl and after all we all belong to the earth family, let's have a great year together." Dakota, Anastasia and Sue said together,"Please be our friends too? let's have a great year" I, just couldn't be less thankful to this bunch of people who really wanted to be the part of my hope for the great future. But there was one thing that I didn't…
Brain Cancer is a mass growth of the abnormal cell in the brain. Which has 200,000 cases per year in the U.S. It affects mostly older people like the range 60 and Older but any age can get affected by Brain Cancer?The most common brain tumors are gliomas, meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, vestibular schwannomas, and primitive neuroectodermal.Brain Cancer starts with a brain tumor which can be found by a Mri scan. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a test that uses a magnetic field and pulses of…
1960’s. (Potenza) The battle over the Native Americans mascots being offensive has lasted over half of a century. It is considered to be highly offensive and racist, mostly because of the false image of Native Americans that is produced by teams. (Anastasia) While schools are more prone to change their names out of respect, bigger organizations and teams are trying to fight for their right to keep the name. Arkansas State University was known as the Indians from 1931 until January 31, 2008,/…
Cinderman is a strong and confident man he is the stepbrother of the selfish evil sisters . Cinder man is the servant of the house which means actually he does everything that's Anastasia her clumsy , awkward, and as bossy like sister, Drizella . Cinderman was lonely he didn't have nobody talk too . Then until he met the two tiny mouse's Gus and jack . Cinderman felt like he wasn’t part of the family . Cinderman was locked in his shabby cabin . Jack and Gus helped his day to be awesome . The…
“We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences and did away with differences.” He thought for a moment. “We gained control of many things, but we had to let go of others.” This was written in the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Just one of few Newberry Award winning books she wrote. Lois Lowry had a wonderful childhood, with a lot of moving, that influence here writing. Her books also have a unique style that was also was also influenced by her past. All the…
Sitting in class, stomach rumbling, time is ticking, and finally the bell rings. Everyone in class immediately rushes out of classroom and lines up for lunch and recess. Students are able to relax with their friends over their meal, giving them an energy boost to carry on with the rest of the school day. But have students actually take the time to examine what they are eating? Today in American society, there are many students who are or becoming overweight due to the food that is provided for…